First Graders are scored on a Writing About Reading Rubric starting in January....WE need to make sure we have a strong opening with a BIG IDEA, EVIDENCE and proof from the book to support our thinking (this is HUGE in Common Core), a strong ending, and letters/punctuation/spaces/capitals all like a book!
We wrote our own definition, voted on Mentor Texts, and have been reading HOW TO writing during Readers Workshop! Then, we text map~ noticing the materials needed, numbered steps, pictures that teach, and directions often with warnings and tips! Some favorites we've read are, How To Babysit Grandpa, How To Babysit Grandma, How to Lose All Your Friends, How to do Karate, How to do Gymnastics, How to do Ballet, Making a Liquid Rainbow (Science), How To Make Slime, and more! Soon we will text map our own Readers Workshop HOW TO books, and write our own class How To book.... HOW TO HAVE STAR BEHAVIOR OR HOW TO TAKE CARE OF DORA PERHAPS?? Stay tuned!
After reading books about adjectives, we charted examples of adjectives, learned whole brain teaching moves how adjectives : PAINT A PICTURE IN OUR MINDS TO DESCRIBE A NOUN: A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR ANIMAL. We read mentor texts full of adjectives and even created a FIRST GRADE ACROSTIC ADJECTIVES POEM! Using adjectives in our speaking and writing will create more interesting stories so the reader can visualize our details! |
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